title: [Acute cholecystitis].
abstract: A review of 360 patients surgically treated for biliary conditions revealed 54 cases of acute cholecystitis. After a report on the aetiopathogenesis, epidemiology, pathological anatomy and clinical aspects of the condition, early surgical treatment as soon as the diagnosis has been confirmed by tests, is recommended.
authors.affiliation: 2a Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, USL 17, Presidio Ospedaliero di Fucecchio, Firenze.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gabbanini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giusti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antonini
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mattaliano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tosi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertini
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vannozzi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: La colecistite acuta.